Fitness

View this post on Instagram ABDOMINAL MUSCLES support your lower back and your chest. They assist in breathing, protect your organs, and maintain posture. A test of your abdominals is to do Planks. In this exercise, you keep your stomach… Read More ›

View this post on Instagram GLUTES AND HIP FLEXORS are important for getting up and down from a sitting position, and they provide the strength to keep the upper body straight along with the other lower body muscles and the… Read More ›

View this post on Instagram LOWER BODY MUSCLES include posture and movement muscles which stabilize your body and keep you from falling over when pushed, but they also help you move,walk, lift, and bend. The largest muscle in the group… Read More ›

View this post on Instagram BICEPS AND TRICEPS are the "show off" or "shirt-filler" muscles for men while women like a slimmer fit look with some definition of the muscles. These two muscles get their names from the number of… Read More ›

View this post on Instagram THE CORE MUSCLES are more than just the six-pack of abdominal muscles you see in the front. The CORE muscles go around to the back where they support and stabilize your spine. These muscles support… Read More ›

View this post on Instagram UNDERSTANDING MUSCLE TYPES is key to planning your exercises to build, tone, and shape specific muscles. There are three types of muscle I want to emphasize. First, there is skeletal muscle that moves limbs and… Read More ›

View this post on Instagram BUILD MUSCLE SIZE AND STRENGTH with exercise targeted to the muscle group you want to tone, define, or build up. AND the right amount of high quality protein within 30 minutes to one hour of… Read More ›

View this post on Instagram HEALTHY AGING MUSCLE is the result of a Healthy Active Lifestyle. Between the ages of 30 and 70, there is typically a 25% to 30 % decrease in muscle function which leads to decreased strength,… Read More ›

View this post on Instagram MUSCLES AND SHAPE: If you want to change your shape and transform your body, you need to build and shape your muscles with the proper scientifically-based exercises that target each muscle group. In this series,… Read More ›

View this post on Instagram CABLE SQUAT AND REVERSE SHOULDER CHEST PULL: These two exercises can be done with free weights or cable machine. If you are a beginner start with the cable machine and light weights. The squat is… Read More ›